A small and delicately worked piece.
Roget 847a:
jewel
[general], ,
jewelry,
jewellery†;
bijoutry†;
bijou,
bijouterie [Fr.];
trinket;
fine jewelry;
costume jewelry,
junk jewelry;
gem,
gemstone,
precious stone.
[forms of jewelry: list]
necklace,
bracelet,
anklet;
earring;
locket,
pendant,
charm bracelet;
ring,
pinky ring;
carcanet†;
chain,
chatelaine;
broach,
pin,
lapel pin,
torque.
[gemstones: list]
diamond,
brilliant,
rock [Coll.];
beryl,
emerald;
chalcedony,
agate,
heliotrope;
girasol†,
girasole†;
onyx,
plasma;
sard†,
sardonyx;
garnet,
lapis lazuli,
opal,
peridot,
tourmaline,
chrysolite;
sapphire,
ruby,
synthetic ruby;
spinel,
spinelle;
balais†;
oriental,
oriental topaz;
turquois†,
turquoise;
zircon,
cubic zirconia;
jacinth,
hyacinth,
carbuncle,
amethyst;
alexandrite†,
cat's eye,
bloodstone,
hematite,
jasper,
moonstone,
sunstone†.
[jewelry materials derived from living organisms]
pearl,
cultured pearl,
fresh-water pearl;
mother of pearl;
coral.
[person who sells jewels]
jeweler.
[person who studies gemstones]
gemologist;
minerologist.
[person who cuts gemstones]
lapidary,
lapidarian.
[study of gemstones]
gemology,
gemmology;
minerology.
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Roget 648:
goodness
etc.
adj.;
excellence,
merit;
virtue
etc.
944;
value,
worth,
price.
super-excellence,
supereminence;
superiority
etc.
33;
perfection
etc.
650;
coup de maitre [Fr.];
masterpiece,
chef d'ouvre [Fr.],
prime,
flower,
cream,
elite,
pick,
A 1,
nonesuch,
nonpareil,
creme de la creme,
flower of the flock,
cock of the roost,
salt of the earth;
champion;
prodigy.
tidbit;
gem,
gem of the first water;
bijou,
precious stone,
jewel,
pearl,
diamond,
ruby,
brilliant,
treasure;
good thing;
rara avis [Lat.],
one in a thousand.
beneficence
etc.
906;
good man
etc.
948.
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Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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Dutch: kleinigheid